CGTalk - "grey" daylight?

neods

08-28-2003, 08:04 AM

Hey, I need to create a scene with very neutral light, like on the grey days. Kinda like in the animation "50 precent grey". Can i create this with a skydome or multiple lights.

Like in this example:here (http://www.finalrender.com/products/feature.asp?UD=10-7888-35-788&PID=36&FID=375)

I've thought about radiosity but its for a animation so can it be fast enuff?

Thanks

JamesMK

08-28-2003, 09:37 AM

Skydome + radiosity = Looks great, easy to setup. Slooooow.

Multiple lights to fake it = A bit harder to setup, but renders much faster.

fxgogo

08-28-2003, 09:38 AM

Try creating a simple lighting ring with maybe 32 lights all 'soft shadow casting' and pointing to the same area. You could also try a light dome. For the colour of the light, I would make it a slight shift to 'light blue' from 50% grey (excuse the pun). The basic physical attribute you need to get is that light is coming from all directions.

neods

08-28-2003, 10:22 AM

is there a plugin available that creates the lights? I've tryed a plugin called 50grey but it didnt fuction well and was a bit buggy. Is there any other plugins that can create this set of lights?

fxgogo

08-28-2003, 01:42 PM

I would create it myself. With all the time spent looking, installing and learning the plugin you will have made it yourself. Try a simple rig with 16 lights to start off with, you might find that will surfice.

neods

08-28-2003, 02:33 PM

Yeah, i agree.. thanks again

Cartesius

08-28-2003, 04:04 PM

I've had some very good results with DiCloner. There's an introductory tutorial on GI using DiCloner here (http://www.metafex.net/cinefex/tutorials/gldt/index.html).

/Anders

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